You know what, that gets 9/10 for me, losing a point for slickness only.

This is the only presentation which felt like it might have changed the prospects of a bidding nation. I don't think they'll get the world cup and will be a little dissapointed if they do given how recent their last one was, but kudos to them for going in a different direction with it and actually mentioning what everyone's thinking - "too soon" - and trying to prove why it isn't. It had a good humour about it like the Tokyo 2016 presentation, and I really like the idea of the 3D pitches.

It feels like they've put themselves in the race (albeit as a very long shot), whilst before they were completely out of it. Job done.

before todays presentation i really didn't give the Japanese bid a second thought, but now i'm really intrigued by the whole Japanese bid. I'm guessing like most people that it was 'to soon' but they actually addressed this concern. so now I'm really routing for japan! before this i wanted Australia to get it